For our Book-Club Project this week, students will create comic strips. They will use an online tool to create a six-panel comic highlighting six key scenes in the book they are currently reading for AR. They will use critical thinking skills to distill the significant points in their books in a few short scenes. Here are the tools for this week’s Book-Club project:

This week in our Book Clubs, you will write a resume for one of the characters in your book. Be thoughtful about which book you choose this week. You may certainly select a fiction book and write a resume for your fictional character. Historical fiction is a great genre for this project. However, you may also consider a nonfiction book. A biography is a nice genre to pick for this project, as well.

This week, we are reading “Gloria Estefan“in our Houghton Mifflin reading anthology. We will use this POWERPOINT to guide our introduction of the story. In addition, here are some resources to increase your comprehension and enjoyment of this reading selection.

This week, we are reading Happy Birthday, Dr. King!in our Houghton Mifflin reading anthology. We will use this POWERPOINT to guide our introduction of the story. In addition, here are some resources to increase your comprehension and enjoyment of this reading selection.

Who do you consider a hero in your life? Why do you respect this person? Can you name a few heroes in U.S. history? How about a few heroes in Mexican or Latin American history? What are character traits heroes possess? Go to the comment area and write a few names of heroes (using the correct punctuation for proper nouns, of course!) 🙂

On Tuesday, we will read the poem “A Song of Greatness,” a Chippewa song translated by Mary Austin. After reading the poem (also found on pge 526 of your reading anthology), answer these questions:

What do you think the line “I too am one of those” means?

What would make you feel like a hero?

Why do you think firefighters were chosen to illustrate the Heroes theme?

On Friday, we will compose adapted poems to add to “Our Song of Greatness.”